YEETICILLIUM. 327 



brancMets thick at the base, becoming thin at the tip, short, 

 usTially in whorls of three ; conidia elliptical, 4r-6 x 3 yn. 



Yeri-icillium candelabrum, Bonorden, Hdbk., p. 97, f. 121 ; 

 Sacc, Syll., iv. n. 777. 



On rotten wood, leaves, &:c. 



Verticillium compactiusculum. Sacc. 



Forming rather compact, effused white tufts, sterile 

 creeping hyphae scanty, fertile erect, septate, primary and 

 secondary branches in whorls of 3-4; conidia cylindric- 

 oblong, 8-10 X 2-8 jj.. 



Verticillium compactiusculum, Sacc, Fung. Ital., t. 724 ; 

 Syll., iv. n. 781. 



On various decaying vegetable substances. 



Verticillium ampelinum. Cke. & iMass. 



White ; caespitose. Hyphae erect, sparingly branched, 

 ultimate branches mostly ternate, attenuated at the apex, 

 septate, conidia elliptic, hyaline, continuous, 10 x 4 /a. 



Verticillium ampelinum, Cke. & Mass., Grevillea, vol. xvi. 

 p. 79. 



On knots on vine stems. 



Verticillium distans. B. & Br. (fig. 9, p. 274.) 



Forming scattered, indistinct white patches, primary- 

 branches 3—4, alternate, secondary branches attenuated at 

 the tip, in whorls, a whorl also terminates the main stem, 

 conidia colourless, elliptic-oblong, becoming distinctly one- 

 septate, 8—10 X 4 /x. 



Verticillium distans, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 534, 

 t. 7, f. 16; Sacc, Syll.,iv. n. 784. 



On herbaceous stems. 



An examination of the type specimen in Berkeley's 



. herbarium at Kew shows that the conidia are distinctly 



uniseptate at maturity, hence technically the species is not 



a Verticillium; but as the agreement with this genus is 



perfect in every other respect, it is retained here. 



Verticillium terrestre. Sacc. 

 Tegetative mycelium creeping, interwoven, white, fertile 

 erect, septate, often wavy, sometimes branched once or twice 



